Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
WN 2556 · Kansas City (MCI) → Houston (HOU)
Sold by Southwest. Still flying: 40 of the last 56 days (Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun).
Arrives on time57%within 15 minutes, of 42 flights
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late14%of flights that operated
When late, on average70 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.
- Leaves MCI
- 19:50
- Arrives HOU
- 21:55
- Flight time
- 2h 05m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 40 of 56
Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.
How late it arrives
Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at MCI
All flights leaving Kansas City (MCI) at 7–8 pm, wherever they’re going: 63% left within 15 minutes and 2.8% were cancelled (2,501 flights in the year). Other Southwest flights on this route →
Upcoming forecasts
Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.